Climate

The desert does the heavy lifting — mass, shade, and the 30–40°F night swing instead of machinery.

Key

Active — In service now

Planned — Designed, not yet built

Backup — Standby / secondary

Conveys — Included with the property

Passive design

Active

Thermal mass~2.5 ft straw-bale walls

RoofMetal, reflective

Conveys with the property

Thick walls + the diurnal swing buffer the extremes for free.

Walipini greenhouse

Planned

FormCircular

ClimateUnderground air cycling

GrowingAquaponic garden

Not buried — a circular aquaponic greenhouse that tempers itself by cycling air through the ground (an earth climate battery), holding growing temperatures through the desert extremes.